Total ICT expenditure for the Department and all agencies under the aegis of the Department in 2010, including staff costs, support and maintenance services, hardware, software, and external resources including consultancies, contractors and external service-providers was in the region of €26,445,000. These figures comprise expenditure for the following areas:
1. The Department itself and the bodies/offices/agencies on its IT Shared Service (see full list below)
2. Irish Prison Service
3. Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
4. Financial Shared Services
5. Equality divisions and agencies until their transfer to the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs
The Department's IT Shared Service, operating since 2003, provides centralised IT services to approximately 2,000 users in the Department and 27 agencies nationally and internationally. This approach ensures that the Department achieves economies of scale for the provision of these services, whilst reducing administration costs. Contracts and expenditure are regularly reviewed and suppliers engaged with to ensure that products and services are delivered at the most cost-effective rates.
A cross Departmental and cross agency ICT Governance Group, set up in early 2011, which has a remit in relation to the strategic overview and management of ICT developments, now reviews all proposed ICT expenditure to ensure value for money is achieved.
List of Departments, Offices and Agencies on the IT Shared Service:
Department of Justice and Equality
Anti Human Trafficking Unit
Casino Commission
Coroner's Service
COSC
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Criminal Law Codification
Equality Authority
Equality Tribunal
Financial Shared Services
Garda Inspectorate
INIS
Irish Film Classification Office
Irish Youth Justice Service
National Disability Authority
National Property Services Regulatory Authority
Office for Internet Safety
Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration
Office of the Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Office of the Inspector of Prisons
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner
Parole Board
Private Security Authority
Reception & Integration Agency
Refugee Appeals Tribunal
State Pathology
Victims of Crime